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China To Build Walkable, Environmentally Sensitive “Great City”

Forget about following the yellow brick road — more like yellow brick bike or walking path. China is now scheduled to begin construction on Chengdu Tianfu District Great City, a model city of “high-density urban living and sustainable development,” says Adrian Smith, director of the design process.

Great City is aiming to house 30,000 families, or about 80,000 people in a 1.3 square-kilometer area outside of Chengdu, China. This Great City is earning its moniker by shooting to achieve 48% less energy use; 56% less water usage; 60% less carbon dioxide generation; and 89% less landfill waste compared to developments of similar size and population, according to Planetizen.

But what about green energy sources? (Looks like Masdar City could beat out Great City for world’s most sustainable urban center.)

Great City is planned to sit on a 3 square-kilometer plot outside of Chengdu. Of that 3 square kilometers, about 320 acres will be for urban purposes and 480 acres will be “buffer landscape,” according to E-Architect. The “natural topography — including valleys and bodies of water — will be integrated into the city itself. Within the city, 15 percent of the land will be devoted to parks and landscaped space, while 60 percent will be parcelized for construction. The remaining 25 percent will be devoted to infrastructure, roads and pedestrian streets.”

In the city limits, residents will have access to commercial, residential, office and manufacturing centers, as well as a medical campus.

The project is estimated to take eight years to complete and will be developed by Beijing Vanton Real Estate Co., Ltd.

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why would they build this when they already have several ghost cities that can accomodate several hundred thousand people?

Ronald Brak

Because there are 400 million Chinese that lack modern accomodation. Of course, exactly what is going on with those ghost cities I don’t know. They could be sensible preparation for future need during an economic downturn, or they could be stuffing up. My guess is it’s mostly preparing for future need, but since humans are involved, there is also an element of stuffing up.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Karen-Bracken/1408295595 Karen Bracken

No one talks about how well all these systems will work. How expensive they will be to maintain. This move to totally control every aspect of human behavior for the sake of the environment is a lie. It is the mask hiding the real agenda which is communist control of the entire world. One World Government with the UN running the show. Wake up people. These people do not believe in individual freedom afforded to every American. They believe in the collective which is COMMUNISM people!!! I personally do not wish to live under Communism. Freedom once lost can never be found again.

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